Charm meson and charm-meson molecule in an expanding hadron gas
by
322
北楼
Abstract:
We study the time evolution of the number of charm mesons after the kinetic freeze-out of the hadron gas produced by a central heavy-ion collision. The reaction rates have t-channel singularities that give contributions inversely proportional to the thermal width of the D. The ratio of the
and
production rate can differ significantly from those predicted using the measured
branching fractions.
We then study the thermal correction to the propagator of a loosely bound charm-meson molecule in a pion gas to next-to-leading order in the heavy-meson expansion. The correction comes primarily from the complex thermal energy shift of the charm-meson constituents. The remaining correction gives a tiny decrease in the binding energy of the molecule and a tiny change in its thermal width. These results are encouraging for the prospects of observing X(3872) and in the expanding hadron gas produced by heavy-ion collisions.
何丽萍，2012年本科、2015年硕士毕业于兰州大学，2021年博士毕业于俄亥俄州立大学，2021年以来在波恩大学做洪堡博士后。主要研究三角图奇点，X(3872)等奇特强子态的产生以及其在重离子碰撞产生的强子气体中的性质及演化。